Formal lawns with neatly manicured grass began appearing in France in the s, tended to by grazing animals or hand-cut with shears and scythes. In , Englishman Edwin Bear Budding was granted the patent for the first mechanical lawn mower, based on a tool used to uniformly cut carpet and comprised of a series of blades around a cylinder.
Nearly 40 years later, the reel lawn mower came to the United States. Initially made to be horse-drawn, Elwood McGuire of Richmond, IN designed the first widely popular human-powered push lawn mower. Fact: In the early years of equine-drawn lawn mowers, horses were outfitted with soft leather boots to protect delicate grasses from damage.
In , Ransomes of Ipswich, another English company, produced the first commercially purchasable lawn mower powered by an internal combustion gas engine. Founded in by a partnership between inventor Stephen F.
Briggs and investor Harold M. View solutions for handling the most common engine and product troubleshooting and maintenance questions. All rights reserved. It took about 10 years after the lawn mower was first sold, however, to create one that could be hitched to animals. In , Scotsman Alexander Shanks invented a inch pony-drawn reel mower. A push lawn mower with front lever connected to a horse. The horse would help pull the lawn mower as the lawn mower operator pushed and guided it from behind.
Often, horses were outfitted with soft leather boots to protect delicate grasses from damage. In , Thomas Green was responsible for creating the first chain-driven mower. This was a big deal because a chain drive meant a lighter machine, further reducing the amount of effort it took to cut your lawn.
The first United States patent for a simple reel mower was granted to Amariah Hills of Connecticut in Just two years later in , Elwood McGuire, a Richmond, Indiana native, designed a push mower for the masses.
The lighter, simpler machine was a huge hit. Almost thirty years later in , American John Albert Burr patented a mower with better rotary blades and traction wheels. Steam-powered lawn mowers appeared in the s, but in Ransomes produced the first commercial lawn mower powered by an internal combustion gas engine.
Ransomes was the first company to power a ride-on mower using a gas engine. The machine signaled the start of commercial mower production in the United Kingdom. We are proud to be a part of a reliable home maintenance appliance, steeped in history that has become a part of every home owners routine.
This first mower was primarily designed to cut grass on sports grounds, cemeteries, and extensive gardens. Pushed from behind and made of wrought iron, Buddigs first machine was 19 inches wide. British Broadcasting Corporation Home. The inventor got the idea for his lawnmower from the cross-cutting machines that were used to finish woolen cloth.
On August 31 Edwin Beard Budding patented "a new combination and application of machinery for the purpose of cropping or shearing the vegetable surface of lawns, grass-plats and pleasure grounds". This was the world's first lawnmower. Edwin Beard Budding was a mechanic, building and repairing machinery for the textile mills of the Stroud valleys. He got the idea for his lawnmower from the cross cutting machines that were used to finish woollen cloth.
It's rumoured that Budding tested his grass cutting prototype at night to avoid curiosity and ridicule from his neighbours.
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